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		<title>Do you want your kids to live up to who you wish you&#8217;d been?</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/11/do-you-want-your-kids-to-live-up-to-who-you-wish-youd-been</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/11/do-you-want-your-kids-to-live-up-to-who-you-wish-youd-been#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I admit it. I love the hit comedy Modern Family. The storylines are hilarious, the characters are endearingly flawed, and the themes &#8211; surprisingly &#8211; really make me think. The clip below, from episode 2 of the current season, epitomizes everything I love about this show (more after the video).
Beyond the laugh out loud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutie walks!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/10/cutie-walks</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/10/cutie-walks#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of teasing us with cruising along furniture, frequent bear-crawling, and occasionally standing up on her own, Cutie finally started walking unassisted in the last couple of days! Once she gets a bit more confident, we can hopefully have four children who walk on their own. And just in time!; Winter, which brings the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On a summer afternoon with my daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a mild summer afternoon, a rarity in the seemingly unending scorching weeks that we've had this season. After a busy morning of cooking with Rebecca during our quarterly freezer "cook days," I decide to indulge in two of my favorite vices: a cigar and a beer. Taking my e-reader, I retire to our backyard, a little postage-stamp area that we invested time and money in to create a sort of outdoor haven. Today, I plan to enjoy that investment for forty-five minutes or so. <a href="http://www.theroades.com/2010/08/on-a-summer-afternoon-with-my-daughter">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dad Life! [video]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/07/the-dad-life-video</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/07/the-dad-life-video#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to my buddy Josh (a fellow dad) for sending along a link to this hilarious video. I relate to it on so many levels&#8230;
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		<title>Cutie smiles for the camera [video]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/06/cutie-smiles-for-the-camera-video</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/06/cutie-smiles-for-the-camera-video#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the funnest (yes, I said funnest) things about raising kids is the hilarious stuff they do &#8211; unintentionally. &#8220;Cutie&#8221; (as I&#8217;ll call our littlest one) has somehow picked up on the social norm to smile whenever a camera is present. In fact, if she even so much as glimpses a camera nearby, she&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The punishment should fit the crime [disciplining children]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/the-punishment-should-fit-the-crime-disciplining-children</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/the-punishment-should-fit-the-crime-disciplining-children#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read this great post on one of my favorite homeschooling blogs and it made me wonder if anyone has creative solutions to disciplining children. The blog author states two specific forms of discipline that I&#8217;m going to seriously consider implementing: &#8220;Hand over mouth&#8221; (for verbal indiscretions) and &#8220;Double restitution and extra work&#8221; (for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look out! The littlest one is on the move!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/look-out-the-littlest-one-is-on-the-move</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/05/look-out-the-littlest-one-is-on-the-move#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago, C started the push-up-and-back move that seems to characterize what it looks like for our children to start crawling. (Don&#8217;t judge me, but I do find it hilarious when they fix their gaze on a toy and determinedly set out to get it&#8230;only to end up further from their goal!) Rebecca [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Daddy in Trouble? [parental solidarity]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/04/getting-daddy-in-trouble-parental-solidarity</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/04/getting-daddy-in-trouble-parental-solidarity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During one recent night hanging out with my kids, I had a wonderful opportunity to evaluate the strength of my parenting relationship with Rebecca and I owe it to my 5-yr-old daughter (Z*).
I was alone with the four kids and had begun prodding them to begin their evening bedtime routine. This amounts to little more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 great iPhone apps for preschoolers [e-parenting]</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2010/02/20-great-iphone-apps-for-preschoolers-e-parenting</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2010/02/20-great-iphone-apps-for-preschoolers-e-parenting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my iPod Touch and on more than one occasion, it&#8217;s been a fantastic sanity-saver by occupying one or more of the kids. Now, I&#8217;m not advocating for &#8220;digital distractions&#8221; (well, not on a regular basis anyway), but many of the apps offer genuine educational value.
In an upcoming post, I&#8217;ll review the kid-friendly podcasts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009: Our Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/2009-our-year-in-review</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/12/2009-our-year-in-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I abandoned the idea of a family Christmas newsletter years ago when I started this family blog. It seemed redundant since I was posting news throughout the year. But I think it&#8217;s worthwhile looking back through the year and encapsulating some of the highlights. So&#8230; here&#8217;s a snapshot of our 2009!
We started the year nearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photos like this one make me smile!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/11/photos-like-this-one-make-me-smile</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/11/photos-like-this-one-make-me-smile#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Beware the age-inappropriate movie trailer</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/beware-the-age-inappropriate-movie-trailer</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/09/beware-the-age-inappropriate-movie-trailer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.theroades.com/?p=632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Chicago Sun-Times (via Common Sense Media), be prepared to skip the movie trailers the next time you take your kids to the theater or pop in a DVD.

Since April 2009, movie previews are no longer &#8220;approved for all audiences.&#8221; Anyone familiar with the famous &#8220;green band&#8221; (green intro screen) knows that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 1-month birthday C!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/happy-1-month-birthday-callie</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/happy-1-month-birthday-callie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s been quite a while since my last post &#8211; I suppose I was caught up in the daily daddy duties of the past several weeks. That all ended this week as I returned to work for the first time since C was born. It&#8217;s been bittersweet for me to get reacquainted with my job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimerlot (the baby) said on Twitter this week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-14</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-14#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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sorry i haven&#39;t updated in a while, been busy being BORN! what a ride! wasn&#39;t 2 bad, tho (for me, haha!); it&#39;s fun being on the outside! #
24 hour room service, lounge time, everyone fawning over me&#8230;this is the life! I shoulda come out sooner! #

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		<title>Welcome to our family C Grace!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/welcome-to-our-family-callie-grace</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/07/welcome-to-our-family-callie-grace#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, June 30, C Grace entered the world at 6:15 PM. She weighed 7 lbs, 15 oz and was 21 inches long. She has beautiful long fingers and toes and amazingly long eyelashes!
Mom and C are doing great and plan to come home this morning. Check out the gallery for more photos (which, unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimerlot (the baby) said on Twitter this week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/06/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-13</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/06/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-13#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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No fair! @veritasgirl and @mrmerlot grabbed my foot when I stretched! I know I&#8217;m still busy in here; I&#8217;m not done cookin &#8211; plz be patient! #
hey mom, you think those contractions are uncomfortable for you? They&#8217;re no picnic for me, either! I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s go-time, though&#8230; #

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		<title>Minimerlot (the baby) said on Twitter this week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/06/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-12</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/06/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-12#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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Only 13 more days until my big day! Unless I decide to get outta here early, that is. I&#39;m really running out of room in here! #

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		<title>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 10:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we celebrated a fun Mother&#8217;s Day. Breakfast, church, some errands, lunch, and&#8230;what?! Well, yeah, it was pretty much our typical Sunday. But since we had such a busy Saturday, we were all a bit tired out! And the age-old idea of brunch&#8230;with three little ones and one very tired expectant mommy? Yeah, not so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimerlot (the baby) said on Twitter this week&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-11</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/minimerlot-the-baby-said-on-twitter-this-week-11#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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my dad was busy today putting together my new bassinet &#8211; thanks, dad! (I bet he doesn&#8217;t hear that from my sisters!) #
I also hear rumors that I&#8217;ll be bunking with M when I get out&#8230; I sure hope she doesn&#8217;t snore! #

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		<title>Go ahead&#8230;&#8221;Lie to Me&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/go-aheadlie-to-me</link>
		<comments>http://www.theroades.com/2009/04/go-aheadlie-to-me#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently started watching &#8220;Lie to Me,&#8221; a crime-drama series centered around Dr. Cal Lightman, an expert at detecting lies or hidden truths by observing body language and microexpressions through the Facial Action Coding System, which he uses to help various clients (many in law enforcement). The character is based on the real-life Paul Ekman, [...]]]></description>
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